Apple Launches New Swift Curriculum on iBooks Store for Free

Apple is launching a new Swift coding curriculum for students, along with anyone else who wants to learn the coding language. The curriculum is part of Apple’s Everyone Can Code series, and will be available for free on the iBooks Store Wednesday. It’ll also be taught in several community colleges and high schools in the United States this fall.

Apple brings new Swift training tools to iBooks Store, schools

Swift is an Apple-developed coding language for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. The Swift coding environment is available for free, as are the related training and educational materials.

Apple says six community colleges will offer its Swift curriculum this fall, and local businesses have committed to offer students mentoring and internships.

“We’ve seen firsthand the impact that coding has on individuals and the US economy as a whole,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “The app economy and software development are among the fastest-growing job sectors in America and we’re thrilled to be providing educators and students with the tools to learn coding.”

Teaming up with schools to teach Swift, as well as offering free training materials to everyone is a smart move for Apple. The more people who are exposed to the language, the larger the pool of potential developers becomes. That (hopefully) translates into a wider range of compelling apps for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, abd ultimately into more customers.

Apple’s new Swift curriculum will be available for download today, and maybe at a school near you this fall.